A report from ECONorthwest presented to Hood River County Commissioners shows only two to four percent of the housing stock in unincorporated areas of the County are second homes or vacation rentals.  The number came as a bit of a surprise to County officials who met to receive the report, and it’s quite a bit lower than the rate in the City of Hood River.  Commissioners have assigned the task of deciding what, if anything, to do in regards to regulating short-term housing to the County Planning Commission.  Community Development Director John Roberts has presented a series of options, most notably three possibilities, one being a fixed cap on the number of rentals, another prohibiting them in certain zones, and a third would simply evaluate applications as they come in.  Roberts added he felt maintaining the status quo and a complete prohibition on short-term housing were both unrealistic options.  Roberts thinks he will have a draft report ready at the end of this year or early in 2016.